Việt Nam News

The southernmost province of Cà Mau plans to build 2,100 metres of sea embankments over the next three months to protect dykes at high risk of breaching.

Việt Nam should improve the country’s institutions and legal documents to enhance efficiency in natural disaster prevention and control, said Hoàng Văn Thắng, deputy minister of agriculture and rural development.

Representatives of 40 Vietnamese and German companies in Việt Nam pledged to adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards wildlife crimes at a workshop here today.

All of Hòa Bình, Sơn La, Lai Châu and Hội Quảng-Bản Chát hydroelectric plants are operating stably, safely and are ready for flood season this year.

Despite limited funds and many challenges, Việt Nam has included conservation and climate change mitigation efforts in the country’s socio-economic development plan as it faces pollution, rising sea levels and environmental degradation.

Environment police in central Hà Tĩnh Province discovered the illegal transport of 37 rare, wild animals from Laos to neighboring Nghệ An Province during the weekend.

Despites efforts by authorities, pollution at industrial parks and clusters in the Mekong province of Cà Mau has risen to alarming levels, affecting the lives of local residents.

Numerous piles of garbage along the sides of a national road considered the ‘lifeblood’ route in the northern economic region prompted public concerns.

Thousands of private clinics in HCM City have to comply with a new regulation on medical waste collection introduced earlier this month, reported Thanh Niên (Young People) Newspaper.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has organised a programme to introduce the zero-waste concept to companies in the tourism and hospitality sectors.

As in other big cities across the country, Hà Nội’s residents are suffering from serious noise pollution.

In only a week, two captive Asiatic black bears were rescued in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

Việt Nam now has about 800 large urban areas, of which there are more than 100 cities. The high speed of urban development requires well-trained urban management staff, said Kinh Tế & Đô Thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper.

Hưng Yên Province has fined AOCC Ltd. Co. VNĐ400 million (approximately US$16,000) for committing another environmental violation.

Local authorities are trying to bury the body of a 150kg dolphin that drifted to the coast of Phú Quốc, confirmed Kiên Giang southern province’s Phú Quốc District authorities.

Authorities in southern Bình Dương Province have discovered that a company had been illegally dumping untreated industrial waste in the Tân Uyên Commune.

Vietnamese people can control their own forest resources, ensure food security and diversify their income through the application of Management Information System for Forest Sector  in Việt Nam (FORMIS).

Việt Nam can meet its future energy demand while still complying with the Paris Agreement if 30 GW of coal power, equivalent to 25 coal-fired power plants , is replaced by renewable energy.